Howdy Folks!

Finally the ice and snow have stopped! We all knew it would sooner or later; probably the coldest, strangest winter we have had in many years. Now welcome to pretty flowers, greener grass and some warmer weather. We hope all is well with you and that we see a lot of you in the weeks to come.

FLASH NEWS! We have a new member of our family. Becca, our daughter, gave birth March 14th to our first grandchild, Brighton O'Connor. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz; both mom and baby doing great. Becca and Colin are proud parents; Bette and I are pretty proud too.

There are a lot of fun things coming up. The band will be in Guthrie's 89er Day parade April 24th as Grand Marshalls, representing this year's theme of Territorial Entertainers.

Saturday, May 8th is our Western Swing show and dance at the Logan Co. Fairgrounds here in Guthrie. Put on your dancin' shoes and get ready for a good time. Leon Rausch will be with us again, along with the three fiddlers and many other great musicians. It's always a fun time for everyone!

The Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival is looking good for this year. Larry Gatlin will headline Saturday night's show; other special groups are the Kruger Brothers, Special Consensus and Bill Emerson's band. We have extended our early bird ticket deadline to June 1st; you will want to take advantage of that. Check on the website for the list of artists and all the information you need to know: www.oibf.com .

Our band is doing well --- we have been doing some recording in the evenings. Perhaps we'll have something to release later this year or early in 2011. As always, we schedule our Music Hall shows about every other Saturday. You will find dates for the upcoming 4 months a little further on this page. The discount tickets continue as always, with 7 shows in this next session.

We now have the capability to put our shows on DVDs for anyone who requests them. If you have friends or family who enjoy our brand of music but live too far to come regularly, or if you are particularly fond of one of our shows and would enjoy seeing it over again, we would be happy to make DVD copies for you.

Check out our Out & About schedule and see if your or your distant friends and family would like to make one of our away shows. We always enjoy seeing our friends when we're away from home!

Be sure and drop by the shop to see some of our nice instruments, or just to say hello. You never know who will be in here jamming!



DISCOUNT TICKETS

We are continuing our offer for bargain tickets, 7 shows for $66.00 ($132 per couple). That is $8.00 per show May through August, plus $10 for the Western Swing evening, and the privilege of selecting your reserved seat location. The schedule on the reverse lists these shows with an asterix. The tickets will be ready to buy by the time you read this. Remember it is first-come first-served for your seat selection, and we hold your seat for you only until show time. (If you held a season ticket last period, you will get credit for the show we had to cancel; your cost will be $58 and $116.)


LESSONS, ETC.

Jim Garling continues to teach beginning and intermediate fiddle and guitar students. He can be reached at 405-306-4182. John Hickman works with banjo students and Greg Burgess teaches advanced fiddle students. Call for information: 405-282-6646




Upcoming Music Hall Shows:

May 08 WESTERN SWING - $15.00
May 22
June 05
June 19
July 17
Aug 07
Aug 21

OUT of TOWN SHOWS:

June 12 Downtown Sperry, Ok.
June 23-26 Weiser, Idaho Nat'l. Fiddlers Contest
July 3-4 Dove Creek, Co.
July 25-30 Mark O'Connor's Fiddle Camp NYC


INSTRUMENTS AT THE SHOP

Our website now includes videos of the instruments, so you can both see them and hear how they sound.


GUITARS :
You must cone in and check out our accoustic guitars like Martins: D45, D28, 1967 D18, 0018, and J40. These are all used, in excellent condition and priced right. We also have a wonderful sounding Santa Cruz – Tony Rice model, a Larinee 12 fret, Collings D2H and DS2H, Gibson 1934 L00, 1962 J50, and Songwriter, a Taylor 510 and many other new and used quality instruments. All are set up and ready to play.


VIOLINS, VIOLAS, BOWS :

We have the biggest and best selection of anyone around these parts, and now we are happy to show and sell the violins of Lucas Wronski. Check the website to see and hear them. I have some wonderful 18th and 19th century violins from all over the world, and several entry-level violins starting at $150. We also have violas, cellos and basses. If you are looking for a good deal in a fiddle or bow, cases or accessories, come in and we’ll help you out with something.


MANDOLINS :

We just got in a new cedar top Weber Yellowstone, looks great and sounds great! We will be getting another Kristufek in May; you will want to check out the new Kentucky 1000, they copied the old Loar color and all. It sounds good, too. In addition, we have some very nice sounding Eastmans, Johnsons and Collings mandolins.


BANJOS :

We have a good selection of new and used banjos from entry level to quality Gibsons. You should check out the Recording King and Flint Hill. Really great sounding!.


MISC :

You can find all kinds of accessories at the shop: tuners, straps, picks, rosin, strings, capos, pick-ups, chin rests, shoulder rests, pitch pipes, books on how to play, DVDs and CDs of the band and solo CDs.

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